Jacob pfleging



(No Model.)

J. PPL-EG-ING;

LEAD FOR SBTTING STAINED GLASS.

Patented Apr 20, 1886.

INVENTOR II S E S 7 S E N T I W ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB PFLEGING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LEAD FOR SETTING STAINED GLASS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,353, dated April 20, 1886.

' Application filed February 16, 1886. Serial No. 192,158. (No model.)

To all whom, it nmy concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB PFLEGING, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leads for Setting Stained Glass, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,

[O in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of a stained-glass panel. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspeeti ve view of one of my new and improved leads for holdingtho pieces ot'stainedglass. Fig.3isacrosssection of the outer strip; and Figs. 4. 5. o, and 7 are transverse sectional Views showing modified forms of lead stiffening.

A represents a panel composed of several irregularly shaped pieces, a a, of stained glass.

The panel is bound by the strip 1) of lead, stifl'ened by one or more plates, 0, of tin-plate or other metal, one edge of the lead being formed with a groove, cl, to embrace th outer edges of the pieces a of glass. (See Fig. 3.)

0 shown at h 12, to embrace the edges of the pieces of glass. The leads f are pliable. so they may be easily bent to conform to the shape of the edges which they hold, and where the leads meet one another. and where they meet the surrounding strip b. they are soldered, so they term a net-work and hold the edges ofthe pieces of glass at all points. The stiffening-stripsc care embedded in theleads, and are placed so as to stand at right angles 40 to the Hat surfaces of the pieces a of glass, so

said strips do not materially interfere with the flexibility of the leads when bent laterally in the direction of the grooves that receive the edges of the lass, but prevent the leads from being bent in the opposite direction.

In the form of lead shown in Fig. 4, instead of embedding the stiffeniugstrip within the lead, a strip of stiffening metal may be applied to the Hat outer surface, 9. and soldered or otherwise fastened, if desired; and in the form shown in Fig. 5 the stiffening-plate is formed with narrow flanges at both its edges to embrace the edges of the leads. In Fig. 6 two stiffening-plates are used, each formed with llauges. and th strips are embedded in or placed between two strips of lead. usshown; and Fig. 7 shows a modified form of llange.

The leads commonly used in stained-glass setting are without stiffening, and are nearly as pliable in one direction as the other, and hence contribule but little to the strength and rigidity of the panel, so separate rods have to be used placed crosswise of the panel for strengthening and stiffening the same; but with my new leads no separate rods are required, as the stitl'ening-pla'es appliel to the leads render the panels sufficiently firm and rigid without separate braces or rods.

I-Iavingt-hus described my invention. lclaim asnewand desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Asa new article ol'tnanu tacturtna grooved lead for set-ting stained glass. having a strip of stiffening material applied to it, substan- V tially as described.

2. The lead f, having grooves h It formed in it, in combination with the stiffcuingstrips e, embedded in the lead, substantially as described.

JACOB PFLEGING. \Vitnesses:

EDWARD H. LiiBKEn'r,

H. A. \VnsT. 

